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INTERVIEW: Colombia shakes voluntary carbon market by codifying Indigenous right of ‘cultural objection’ to projects
EU urged to allow high-quality carbon removals into ETS
EU nears carbon farming certification, talks continue ahead of 2026 adoption
‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia
Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert says
More than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March.
Nearly half (47%) of the dead species were ray-finned fish and a quarter (26%) were sharks and rays, according to OzFish analysis of 1,400 citizen scientist reports.
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Continue reading...To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right | Lyndon Schneiders
Long-term reform is not going to be easy, but we have now wasted 15 years and everyone has lost, especially the natural world
Long overdue reform of national environment laws is unfinished business for the 48th parliament and the re-elected Albanese government.
Senator Murray Watt, a Queenslander, is well respected within the government and has a reputation for taking hard decisions and bringing together diverse stakeholders. Both of these attributes will be at a premium if the minister is to succeed where others have not.
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Continue reading...German engineering group trims CO2 offset use by 8.5% amid efficiency gains
FEATURE: Polish energy companies lay out their own coal exit plan as government proposal faces delay
Closure of post-Brexit subsidies wrongly blocked 3,000 English farmers from funding
Sustainable farming initiative is part of payment package that replaced EU’s common agricultural policy
Ministers wrongly refused nature funding to 3,000 farmers in England when they shut the post-Brexit subsidy scheme, the government has admitted.
There was anger earlier this year when the environment secretary, Steve Reed, suddenly paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what would replace it and when.
Continue reading...CCS costs in the Netherlands seen edging closer to €200/t
VCM Report: CORSIA carbon credit futures trade above $24, regulatory support continues to build
Global temperature extremes may reduce after net zero, but regional impacts vary -report
UK windfall tax can fund switch to green jobs for North Sea oil workers – report
Exclusive: Campaigners call for energy profits levy to be made permanent to enable ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels
Making permanent the UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas producers would generate enough cash to enable North Sea workers to move to green jobs, research has found.
Cutting current subsidies to fossil fuel producers would free up yet more funds to spend on the shift to a low-carbon economy, according to the report.
Continue reading...INTERVIEW: Mexican carbon pilot seeks to generate biodiversity credits
Norwegian sovereign fund to challenge mining companies over environmental concerns
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EPBC Act: What’s changing – and why it matters for renewable energy projects
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CCUS at Chinese coal plants could be scaled for global decarbonisation push, lobby argues
Oil major backs UK ETS extension for 12 years
Sweden, Kenya prepare for Article 6 agreement -sources
Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses
Hundreds of jobs may be at risk, say heads of ABF Sugar and Ensus, as Starmer agrees to remove tariffs on US ethanol
The British bioethanol industry could collapse as a result of Keir Starmer’s trade deal with Donald Trump, industry bosses have said.
The bosses of ABF Sugar and Ensus, the companies behind almost all of the UK’s production capacity of bioethanol – a petrol substitute produced from agricultural products – have said hundreds of jobs in north-east England and Yorkshire could be at risk as a result of the deal.
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